1994 FIVB Volleyball World League

The FIVB World League 1994 was the fifth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from May 6 to July 30, 1994. The final round (Final Six) was staged in Milan, Italy.

Competing Nations

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
China Japan Italy Russia	Brazil Bulgaria Greece United States	Cuba Germany Netherlands South Korea

Intercontinental Round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	31	8	22
Italy	12	9	3	29	14	21
Japan	12	4	8	16	26	16
China	12	1	11	5	33	13

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	12	0	36	3	24
Bulgaria	12	7	5	24	16	19
Greece	12	5	7	15	27	17
United States	12	0	12	7	36	12

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Netherlands	12	11	1	34	11	23
Cuba	12	9	3	28	14	21
South Korea	12	2	10	17	30	14
Germany	12	2	10	9	33	14

Final round

• All matches in Milan, Italy.

Quarterfinals

• First ranked teams played against second ranked teams from other pools.

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	92	68	1.353
2	Bulgaria	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	112	91	1.231
3	Cuba	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	96	103	0.932
4	Italy	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	97	105	0.924
5	Netherlands	2	0	2	4	6	0.667	124	128	0.969
6	Russia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	83	109	0.761

July 27, 1994

Netherlands	2–3	Bulgaria	15-13, 14-16, 15-8, 9-15, 11-15
Russia	2–3	Cuba	15-10, 15-9, 9-15, 5-15, 12-15
Brazil	3–0	Italy	15-12, 15-12, 15-12

July 28, 1994

Netherlands	2–3	Italy	15-9, 15-7, 10-15, 8-15, 12-15
Russia	0–3	Bulgaria	13-15, 8-15, 6-15
Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15-12, 15-4, 17-16

Semifinals & Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	1994-07-29 - Milan
	Brazil	2
					1994-07-30 - Milan
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	0
	1994-07-29 - Milan
					Italy	3
	Bulgaria	0
	Italy	3
					3rd Place
					1994-07-30 - Milan
					Brazil	3
					Bulgaria	2

July 29, 1994

Brazil	2–3	Cuba	11-15, 15-6, 15-5, 12-15, 20-22
Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	4-15, 4-15, 13-15

July 30, 1994

Brazil	3–2	Bulgaria	15-10, 12-15, 15-10, 12-15, 15-8
Cuba	0–3	Italy	13-15, 8-15, 9-15

Final standings

Place	Team
	Italy
	Cuba
	Brazil
4.	Bulgaria
5.	Netherlands
6.	Russia
7.	Greece
8.	Japan
9.	South Korea
10.	Germany
11.	China
12.	United States

FIVB World League 1994 Champions
Italy Fourth title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Andrea Gianni

• Best Spiker
  • Kim Se-Jin

• Best Setter
  • Shin Jung-Chul

• Best Blocker
  • Jan Posthuma

• Best Server
  • Lyubomir Ganev

• Best Receiver
  • Park Hi-Song

• Best Digger
  • Akihiko Matsuda

References

• 1994 World League Results
• Sports123